New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind Saturday dissolved the 16th Lok Sabha with immediate effect on recommendation of the Union cabinet, the Rashtrapati Bhavan said in a statement. A communique issued by the Rashtrapati Bhavan said the President dissolved the Lok Sabha after a cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi made such a […]

Amethi (UP): Lack of organisational network and a strong disconnect with the rural population led to the fall of the Congress stronghold Amethi, which has remained loyal to the Gandhi family since 1980. BJP’s Smriti Irani defeated the Congress chief and sitting MP Rahul Gandhi by a margin of 55,120 votes. Though the grand old […]

Srinagar: Muhammad Yousuf Buch, a former Pakistani minister and diplomat and also a Kashmir expert passed away in the United States on Friday. Buch (98), who was best known as an eminent expert on the Kashmir dispute, also ran a Free-Kashmir Centre in New York from 1957 to 1972. Hurriyat Conference (M) chairperson Mirwaiz Umar Farooq […]

Jammu: The BJP, which bagged three Lok Sabha seats in Jammu and Kashmir, has got its highest ever vote share of 46.4 per cent in the state, more than that of Congress, NC and PDP put together, as per EC data. The National Conference (NC), which swept the polls in the Kashmir region and bagged three […]

New Delhi: Top Congress leaders from across the country Saturday got together to review the party’s drubbing in the Lok Sabha polls, as the Congress Working Committee meeting got underway here. The CWC meeting, chaired by Congress president Rahul Gandhi, is being attended by UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, former prime minister Manmohan Singh, Uttar Pradesh […]

Islamabad: Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif has said Pakis­tan was convinced that the pressure being exerted on Iran by the United States was unjustified. Zarif, who was on a two-day visit to Pakistan for consultation with Pakistani leaders on the escalation in tensions between his country and the US and its Arab allies, in an […]

Caracas: At least 29 prisoners were killed and 19 police wounded in clashes at a jail in western Venezuela Friday, authorities said. The incident at the police station jail in the town of Acarigua, in Portuguesa state, occurred when police special forces (FAES) tried to stop a “massive prison break” which resulted in the deaths of […]

Srinagar: Educational institutions remained closed as a precautionary measure for the second day on Saturday in the Kashmir valley, where Ansar Gazwatul Hind chief Zakir Musa was killed in an encounter by government forces in Pulwama district on Thursday. The Kashmir University (KU) and Islamic University of Science and Technology (IUST), Awantipora in Pulwama have […]

Lyon: President Emmanuel Macron called a package blast on a pedestrian street in the heart of France’s city of Lyon on Friday an “attack” after the device wounded more than a dozen people just two days ahead of the country’s hotly contested European Parliament elections. Police were hunting a man believed to be in his early […]

Banihal: A massive landslide hit the Kashmir Highway in Ramban district in the wee hours of Saturday, leading to suspension of traffic on the road, officials said. The landslide, triggered by incessant rains over the past two days, occurred near Battery Cheshma, completely blocking the 270-km arterial road, said Suresh Sharma, Deputy Superintendent of Police (traffic), […]

Subscribe by Email

Search in Archive

Select a MonthSelect a CategorySearch with Google

Stay with us

About

Launched in May 2012, Kashmir Reader is one of the leading English language newspapers of Jammu and Kashmir. It’s published daily from Srinagar by Helpline Group, which earned a name and fame in serious journalism

Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use.
To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here:
Cookie Policy